Nokia Lumia 900 (Ace) to come to USA early 2012
BGR says they’ve got info suggesting that the Nokia Ace is coming early 2012 to the USA. We knew new Windows Phones from Nokia were coming and much more higher end was obviously coming so this is possibly just reiteration of what you guys know if you’ve been following the Lumia rumours closely.
The Tango powered Nokia Lumia 900 will also meet a huge marketing blitz in the USA for January and February, so BGR reckons that the new Lumia will be launched after CES in January (which is tipped to be on Verizon, but AT&T will also be bringing some Nokia Lumia love).
Here’s Elop telling us all about it:
We just got the lowdown on one of Nokia’s upcoming flagship devices currently set to launch in early 2012 in the United States. According to our source, the new Nokia smartphone will be the Lumia 900, a Windows Phone with the same basic identity as the Lumia 800 but with a bigger display and other enhancements. The handset will reportedly feature a 1.4GHz processor, a 4.3-inch ClearBlack AMOLED display and an 8-megapixel camera, and it will ship with Windows Phone “Tango.” We have also been told by a trusted source that Nokia is prepping a huge marketing blitz in the U.S. for January and February, which leads us to believe that we can expect the Finnish vendor’s new flagship Windows Phone to launch some time after CES in January.
Source: BGR
Cheers Joni for the tip!
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If America gets the leaked phone from that promo a while back I’ll be furious. It’s so ugly! I want the best specs there are to offer, but goddamn Nokia, that handset looks awful! And the 800 is gorgeous….
If it looks anything like the leak earlier this year, then I’m sold! These phones are gorgeous!
http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Allegedly-Leaked-Nokia-Windows-Phone-Images-Available-2.jpg/
thats the 700
NOPE, 700 LOOKS LIKE THIS
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/26/nokias-lumia-710-windows-phone-announced-alongside-the-800/
These renders are georgeous, but only if the back plates are metallic, and designed *exactly* like they are in the renders; otherwise, it looks too similar to the Lumia 710.
However, if the Lumia 900 is the same form factor as the Lumia 800, with a bigger screen…Oh Em Gee! And, it will be sooooooo unique looking…there are no other devices released in the U.S. that looks even remotely like the Lumia 800 shell, and right now, WP needs a device that is as unique as the U.I.
And given that, at least on the tech blogs, many of the comments are praising the form factor, it is sure to sell a ton of devices to the masses, because let’s face it, Looks Matter.
I would personally rather have a 4″ phone, but I may make an exception.
As if Nokia has ever made a phone with those thin bezels. Even the 800/N9 still has huge bezels, not that it is a problem though. Screen is better protected for a fall that way.
N9 is gorgeous.
This rumour makes no sense. A top end windows phone running TANGO. The Tango chassis is for messenger type phones with a keyboard and touchscreen running
480×320 screen
Apollo chassis will run to 1280×720 and dual core.
Are you sure Tango is meant _only_ for lower end phones?
You are wrong, Tango is the codename for the next minor update following Mango that allows WP7 to be pushed down to lower spec handsets with feature tweaks, much like that of NoDo. Apollo is the next big feature update towards the end of the year (may even push the version number to WP8). Neither are names for chassis.
..So the US gets the 900 before the 800?
Or at the same time?
If the Lumia 900 is the same form factor as the Lumia 800, there is no need for the U.S. to have the Lumia 800.
That would make the most sense actually. Given the Lumia 800 form factor is such a hit, they should probably stick with it.
Well, they could offer both in parallel for different price points – I doubt the design is _exactly_ the same anyway.
If its true I thought thats a bad idea.
Something about announce successor of your product that may kill its predecessor before its sell well, is not good in business…
well the 800 seems to be selling well and the 900@is very unlikely to be launched immedeiately in the UK for instance
Means Osborne effects
A bigger N9/Lumia 800 styled Lumia 900 would be cool. Just soften the corners a bit more, they look dangerous
if it comes with NFC + Frontcam I’d be happier than I was with the Lumia 800 specs.
Really too bad that microsoft doesn’t let Windows Phone play divx/xvid in .avi or .mkv formats and doesn’t support bluetooth file transfer and no USB-on-the-go.
Otherwise ACE would have been my new device next year.
who said it doesnt play avi ????
who ????
Because microsoft restricts their devices to play only .wmv and .wma…. formats that have been introduced in the past by microsoft itself.
Really? What shitty move. Proprietary formats and limitations of all kind seems to be the rule…
Stop your whining and get in line! This is the New World Order!
Death to Openness!
Now go download your Zune software!
No Need to get in line or wait to buy a restricted phone. You can get a iPhone 4s now, with front facing camera, dual core processor, smart voice command, butter smooth UI, etc…..
Nokia WP7 phones do not excite at all.
“No Need to get in line or wait to buy a restricted phone”
And you suggest the most closed phone in the whole wide world?? Microsoft is following Apple with all these closed policies… Suggesting to buy an iPhone instead of WP for its closed issue isn’t a good one. Android should have been your suggestion..
I don’t quite think you got the satirical tones there…
what he is saying is iphone/ios is just a more complete closed platform than WP7, both equaully as bad in terms of open-ness.
so why buy the incomplete one?
IT PLAYS AVI.. STOP THE LIES
IT SUPPORTS AVI.. ALL FILES ARE STORED ON THE SKYDRIVE WHICH IS ACCESSIBLE ON EVER PC WIT INTERNET.. STOP WHINNING..
I hope there won’t be any delays in the deployment of Tango. I’ve heard Microsoft is cruising right along with it, but Mango in beta seemed to be out for a long time before it started showing up in handsets.
Nokia can’t afford to have any delays on software if they have hardware ready to go, and releasing a Lumia 900 with Mango as a stop-gap solution is not desirable either as it will likely not have any of this extended Nokia signature that we keep hearing about (apart from what we’ve seen on the current Lumia phones).
I’M hoping it will come to T-Mobile also…
Sorry, but T-Mobile will have the Lumia 710.
Tmobile will be have more than the 710.
And you know this how? Not saying you don’t, am saying: do tell us more!
Um, hmm…a new buyer called Cricket
Well this whole Wp7 strategy thing only makes sense for the US, so here we go. It will be really strange to see Nokia try to advertise their products here in the States…I’ve never seen it before
Nothing for T-mobile or unlock that works on t-m 3G that sucks ! always at&t damn .
I’m going to go out on a limb and say Ace is the device meant to get US support back, other countries will just be a bonus. Let’s just hope the price is competitive enough…
BTW, How’s this for a teaser?
http://dgui.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/teaser.jpg
Well, its not bad at all, but I hope the design is closer to the Lumia 800.
So is that a pic you photoshopped or it was sent to you or what?
isn’t it a photoshoped version of the nokia x3 with the keypad replaced by a bigger touchscreen… Because the top and bottom is very similar to x3
Nah, just photoshopped, just wanted to show the other possible colours it may come in, though it’s still a bit ugly and the design isn’t as awe inspiring as the N9…
ok, well next time just say you photoshopped it rather than calling a pic a teaser
Yep, let’s hope the price will be OK with carriers subsidizing it.
Then let’s hope that Nokia can deliver the message that a dual-core isn’t needed but that it’s the experience that counts.
With carrier partners they should make a campaign that asks people to come to the store and try it.
Agreed, but what will differentiate the Ace? LTE? They need to add some pretty good differentiating factors to make it attractive enough. Carriers will eat them up just because they know Nokia is spending Billions on marketing, so it saves them money…
nokia won’t spend billions on marketing it..
Didn’t say which currency now, did I?
AND guess we’ll have to see…
GIVE ME IT!!!!!! BLACK WITH BLACK TILES likes mynokiablog showed in the French ad?
4.3in.. Yaaaaaaaaaaaa Baby!!!
Please, hurry up already!!!!
This puts Nokia in a difficult position. Released only a few months after 800, this may piss off existing 800 owners (price is likely to only be marginally more). And for new buyers, why choose 800?
Very true, but the 800 was lacking features out of the gate and people still seem to be buying it.
800 will drop in price, so would be buyers than can be persuaded with price perhaps. However, I doubt the ’900′ will be similarly priced. It will probably be €100 more than the 800 at launch.
Or Nokia will really try to steal market share and slash their own margin. We shall see.
It could also be that 900 is a US only model, at least initially.
This should be interesting, i was considering the n9 for christmas, but if the 900 is right around the corner i should at least see and hold it before i commit to the n9.
Seems another Osborning.. Don’t buy 800. Wait till 900 cometh ?
So nokia will show her ugly 4.3″ Ass to usa next year
as pointed out so many times
wp7 doesn’t support avi/mkv….only supports .mp4
when you transfer 720p mp4 movie via Zune then Zune will automatically convert it to cropped 480*800 resolution
what a waste of a 4.3″ display
some specs are here as well
http://www.symbiantweet.com/nokia-lumia-900-coming-to-us-in-early-2012
seems right to me
if is true the ui of the windows with the live tiles i like
i was thinking get the lumia 800 but the luck of features together with the high price of it had stop me
I WILL WAIT FOR THE 900
I HOPE THE LUMIA 900 WILL BE IN UK AS WELL
IF NOT COME BGIN OF NEW YEAR I WILL GO FOR THE HTC TITAN
COME ON NOKIA I PREFER STAY WITH YOU.BRING IT IN UK
PS:
THE 32 GB EDITION PLEASE
I WAIT FOR PRE ORDER
For a ’900′ device it should have a 12mp, at least.
I know the Lumia 900 will have a stunning design, but I think that would be its only killer feature. And that is simply not enough!
My dream specs for it would be:
4.3″ 1280×720 RGB Amoled display with 0.01s refresh rate, Polarizing layer(CBD), Hydrophobic Gorilla Glass, dedicated video processing engine.
1.5 GHz dual-core Arm Cortex A15 with POWERVR Rogue GPU (ST- Ericsson Novar U9600 Soc)
1/2 GB ram
64/96 GB internal memory
12mp Af camera with True Zoom,back-illuminated, largest mobile image sensor with dedicated image processing, new Ultra-bright LED Flash
Full HD @ 60 FPS with 720p slow-motion @ 120 fps.
Slim tapered design(7mm at thickest point, 4mm at thinnest)
Port-less(no microUSB/3mm port, sim-card build in)
ALL Wireless( wireless HDMI transmitter,wireless charging, next gen bluetooth, etc..)
Brushed “Duralumin” lightweight unibody
100% water proof
Ah, its good to dream.
impossible even if Nokia wants to. WP7 doesn’t support any of those.
Whats the point throwing spec from outer space here. It doesn’t feel like dreaming, just being dumm.
For example 7mm thickest and 4mm otherwise is just stupidiest idea for a while. Have you any idea how uncomfortable in hand that would feel like? Just trying to get proper grip would be a nightmare.
And screen resolution. It is not “just” fine to have that 800x…, it is more than fine. You really can’t tell the difference. Its all about contrast, colors, viewing angles, reflections that matter how the display feels like.
Actually it will be comfortable to hold, think of the N9/Lumia 800 design, but much thinner. Most of the specs are probably possible for a phone in 2013.
The point is people look out for specs! I would never buy the Lumia 800. Sure it looks good and gets the job done, but a phone is something most people have for 2 years. It should still be up to date in a years time. The 800 will unfortunately be outdated in a few months time. Me, and I’m sure many others, want the very best, and Nokia for now is not delivering. By the way, I’m not a fanboy of any make or OS. I kind of like all of them, except Blackberry!
How will the Lumia be outdated in a few months time?
Do you mean that there will be faster processors to Nokia phones within 2-3 months? Maybe so but how does that make Lumia 800 outdated?
Does it start to lag or maybe it doesn’t run the next version of WP OS?
I don’t get it.
They are more likely to look at the price most of the time, or the design. Proper marketing helps too.
Techsavvy people look at specs. That is, the people who frequent sites like this one.
unfortunately it’s 2011 now
Really like your thinking.
Screenres should be 1280×768 or 1200*720 to keep aspect ratio BUT no less…
Camera 5-8MP is enough; prefer optical zoom or low lighting capabilities over Pixels # any day…
Dual core will be for WP8, hopefully with W8 kernel…
High battery capacity…
and LOW WEIGHT to top it of.
Lets wake up to it
Wish they launch the same form factor with Symbian
thanks for the post !
@Jay Montano, do you think will there ever be a lumia with 4″ screen size. I believe this should be the perfect size overall, not too large, not too small. 4.3″ is a little large for easy mobility in the packet (at least to me).
There will be a Nokia WP with 4″+
1.4GHZ processor is good enough to perform this phone faster. I like other features especially the unique design of this Nokia phone.